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Record Number: 9451


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Joanna Baillie to Mary Berry, 9 June 1828: 'I have read your "View of the Social Life, &c.," twice; and it has lost nothing, but rather gained, on the second perusal. The style is clear and scholar-like [...] it is written in a good spirit of liberality and rectitude, and it abounds in excellent observations concisely and cleverly expressed' [goes on to express reservations, among these being that Berry's account of Voltaire's mistress Madame du Chatelet "rather offends as to that delicacy which is expected in the writings of a woman"].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 24 Apr 1828 and 9 Jun 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joanna Baillie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

11 Sep 1762

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Berry

Title:

The Comparative View of Social Life in France and England (vol.1)

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

April 1828

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

9451

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

3

Page:

371

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 371, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9451, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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